Sirat Ibn Hisham 1536
The death of Arbad by lightning and what was revealed concerning him and ʿĀmir
قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ لَبِيدٌ أَيْضًا يَبْكِي أَرْبَدَ: أَلَا ذَهَبَ الْمُحَافِظُ وَالْمُحَامِي وَمَانِعُ ضَيْمِهَا يَوْمَ الْخِصَامِ وَأَيْقَنْتُ التَّفَرُّقَ يَوْمَ قَالُوا تُقُسِّمَ مَالُ أَرْبَدَ بِالسِّهَامِ تُطِيرُ عَدَائِدَ الْأَشْرَاكِ شَفْعًا وَوِتْرًا وَالزَّعَامَةِ لِلْغُلَامِ فَوَدَّعَ بِالسَّلَامِ أَبَا حُرَيْزٍ وَقَلَّ وَدَاعُ أَرْبَدَ بِالسَّلَامِ وَكُنْتَ إمَامَنَا وَلَنَا نِظَامًا وَكَانَ الْجَزْعُ يُحْفَظُ بِالنِّظَامِ وَأَرْبَدُ فَارِسُ الْهَيْجَا إذَا مَا تَقَعَّرَتْ الْمَشَاجِرُ بِالْفِئَامِ إذَا بَكَرَ النِّسَاءُ مُرَدَّفَاتٍ حَوَاسِرَ لَا يُجِئْنَ عَلَى الْخِدَامِ فَوَاءَلَ يَوْمَ ذَلِكَ مَنْ أَتَاهُ كَمَا وَأَلَ الْمُحِلُّ إلَى الْحَرَامِ وَيَحْمَدُ قِدْرَ أَرْبَدَ مَنْ عَرَاهَا إذَا مَا ذُمَّ أَرْبَابُ اللِّحَامِ وَجَارَتُهُ إذَا حَلَّتْ لَدَيْهِ لَهَا نَفَلٌ وَحَظٌّ مِنْ سَنَامِ فَإِنْ تَقْعُدْ فَمُكْرَمَةٌ حَصَانٌ وَإِنْ تَظْعَنْ فَمُحْسِنَةُ الْكَلَامِ وَهَلْ حُدِّثْتَ عَنْ أَخَوَيْنِ دَامَا عَلَى الْأَيَّامِ إلَّا ابْنَيْ شَمَامِ وَإِلَّا الْفَرْقَدَيْنِ وَآلَ نَعْشٍ خَوَالِدَ مَا تُحَدِّثُ بِانْهِدَامِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَهِيَ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ لَبِيدٌ أَيْضًا يَبْكِي أَرْبَدَ: انْعَ الْكَرِيمَ لِلْكَرِيمِ أَرْبَدَا انْعَ الرَّئِيسَ وَاللَّطِيفَ كَبَدَا يُحْذِي وَيُعْطِي مَالَهُ لِيُحْمَدَا أُدْمًا يُشَبَّهْنَ صُوَارًا أَبَدَا السَّابِلَ الْفَضْلَ إذَا مَا عُدِّدَا وَيَمْلَأُ الْجَفْنَةَ مَلْئًا مَدَدَا رِفْهَا إذَا يَأْتِي ضَرِيكٌ وَرَدَا مِثْلُ الَّذِي فِي الْغِيلِ يَقْرُو جُمُدَا يَزْدَادُ قُرْبًا مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يُوعَدَا أَوْرَثْتَنَا تُرَاثَ غَيْرِ أَنْكَدَا غِبًّا وَمَالًا طَارِفًا وَوَلَدَا شَرْخًا صُقُورًا يَافِعًا وَأَمْرَدَا وَقَالَ لَبِيدٌ أَيْضًا: لَنْ تُفْنِيَا خَيْرَاتِ أَرْ بَدَ فَابْكِيَا حَتَّى يَعُودَا قُولَا هُوَ الْبَطَلُ الْمُحَا مِي حِينَ يَكْسُونَ الْحَدِيدَا وَيَصُدُّ عَنَّا الظَّالِمِي نَ إذَا لَقِينَا الْقَوْمَ صِيدَا فَاعْتَاقَهُ رَبُّ الْبَرِيَّ ةِ إذْ رَأَى أَنْ لَا خُلُودًا فَثَوَى وَلَمْ يُوجَعْ وَلَمْ يُوصَبْ وَكَانَ هُوَ الْفَقِيدَا وَقَالَ لَبِيدٌ أَيْضًا: يُذَكِّرُنِي بِأَرْبَدَ كُلُّ خَصْمٍ أَلَدَّ تَخَالُ خُطَّتَهُ ضِرَارَا إذَا اقْتَصَدُوا فَمُقْتَصِدٌ كَرِيمٌ وَإِنْ جَارُوا سَوَاءُ الْحَقِّ جَارَا وَيَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ مُطَّلِعًا إذَا مَا دَلِيلُ الْقَوْمِ بِالْمَوْمَاةِ حَارَا قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: آخِرُهَا بَيْتًا عَنْ غَيْرِ ابْنِ إسْحَاقَ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ لَبِيدٌ أَيْضًا: أَصْبَحْتُ أَمْشِي بَعْدَ سَلْمَى بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَبَعْدَ أَبِي قَيْسٍ وَعُرْوَةَ كَالْأَجَبْ إذَا مَا رَأَى ظِلَّ الْغُرَابِ أَضَجَّهُ حِذَارًا عَلَى بَاقِي السَّنَاسِنِ وَالْعَصَبْ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَهَذَانِ الْبَيْتَانِ فِي أَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ.
Translation
✧ Ibn Isḥāq said: Labīd also said, weeping for Arbad: Alas, gone is the protector and defender, the repeller of her wrong on the day of dispute. I became certain of separation on the day they said, “The wealth of Arbad was apportioned by arrows,” setting in flight the shares of the partners, pair and single, and the chieftainship to the boy. He bade farewell with peace, Abū Ḥurayz, and seldom was Arbad’s farewell with peace. You were our leader and for us a bond, and the fearful flock was guarded by the bond. Arbad was the rider of battle when the thickets of war were hollowed out by the hosts; when the women went early, riding behind, unveiled, not coming upon the servants. He sought refuge on that day, whoever came to him, as the one released from consecration seeks refuge in the sanctuary. The cooking-pot of Arbad is praised by whoever visits it when the owners of flesh are blamed. And his neighboress, when she alighted by him, had a gift and a portion of the camel’s hump. If you stay, she is a chaste honored woman, and if you depart, she is one of fair speech. Have you been told of two brothers who lasted through the days except the two sons of Shamām, and except the two Farqads and the Banāt Naʿsh, enduring as long as they speak of no ruin? Ibn Hishām said: These are in an ode of his. Ibn Isḥāq said: Labīd also said, weeping for Arbad: Mourn the noble one, the noble Arbad; mourn the chief, the gentle of liver. He bestows and gives his wealth to be praised, dark-complexioned ones resembling wild cows forever, the traveler of excellence when it is counted; and he fills the bowl full to overflowing, abundant when a needy one comes to the water, like the one in the thicket who follows frozen water; he increases in nearness to them the more he is threatened. You have bequeathed to us an inheritance not scant, a following and wealth, newly acquired and children, a generation of falcons, a youth and a beardless boy. Labīd also said: May you two never exhaust the good deeds of Arbad, so weep until they return. Say: He is the hero, the defender when they don the iron; and he turns away from us the wrongdoers when we meet a people like kings. Then the Lord of creation took him when He saw that there is no immortality; so he abode and was not pained nor afflicted, and he was the lost one. Labīd also said: Every stubborn adversary reminds me of Arbad, whose plan you think is harm; when they aim aright, he is an aimer noble, and if they deviate, he is equal to the truth in deviating. He guides the people, looking out, when the guide of the people in the waterless desert is bewildered. Ibn Hishām said: The last of it is two verses from other than Ibn Isḥāq. Ibn Isḥāq said: Labīd also said: I have come to walk after Salmā b. Mālik and after Abū Qays and ʿUrwah like the one hamstrung; when he sees the shadow of the crow, it startles him, in fear for the rest of the vertebrae and the sinews. Ibn Hishām said: These two verses are among verses of his.
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